MICKY ADAMS has cooled on the idea of bringing in emergency loan cover for his injury-ravaged Coventry City defence after receiving some good news from the physio.

Centre-back Richard Shaw was due to make a return to training today after recovering from a neck injury while Marcus Hall is set to come back from a small hamstring tear tomorrow, just in time to prepare for Saturday's Ricoh Arena clash with Burnley on Saturday.

"I need to assess the exact length of time players are going to be out and then decide from there really," he said.

"But I am not going to bring people in just for the sake of filling a little hole for the time being.

"If we can get by we will, but it all depends on the seriousness of some of the injuries. We are lacking in certain areas and at this stage it seems to be all defenders, which is a problem."

The left-back position has been particularly troublesome with no natural cover for Hall due to Stuart Giddings's long-term knee problem.

"We have managed to box it up," said the manager, who will be without Ady Williams who is serving a one-match ban this weekend.

"Marcus has been injured and missed chunks of the season again while Stuart Giddings has been out. We managed to put Richard Duffy over that side where he is quite comfortable but, to be fair, I am not really sure that Whingy is the answer on that side. But, God bless him, he tries his best over there.

"Although we lose Williams on Saturday we get Page back so the full-back position is of most concern."

He added: "But Marcus will be back in training tomorrow and Shawsy was due to start back today, so that helps things a lot. I will still make a few calls to see what is out there, but there is certainly not the urgency that there was.

"It would be ideal to get someone in and have a first hand look at them, their personalities and way they are with a view to doing something more permanent in the summer."